Twirl and Dip in Potrero Hill
On a sunny summer day Meg Hilgartner, dressed in all black except for neon blue and pink shoes, was dispensing soft-serve at … Keep Reading
Hill Resident Raises $400,000 for Nepal Earthquake Relief
In April and May two earthquakes rocked Nepal. The tremblors devastated the country, destroying approximately 250,000 buildings and 20,000 schools. Nepal Social … Keep Reading
Paolo Mejia Opens New North Beach Art Gallery
This month artist and art gallery owner Paolo Mejia will re-open his namesake gallery on Grant Street, after operating it for two … Keep Reading
San Francisco School Board Backs Away from Contract with Anti-Israel Group
A resolution by the San Francisco Board of Education to work with an Arab and a Vietnamese group to help develop new … Keep Reading
September 1st – Writing: Radar Reading Series at SF Library The RADAR Reading Series is a periodic event that features independent and … Keep Reading
Karen Larsen: Potrero Hill’s Publicist
Calling long-time Potrero Hill resident Karen Larsen a publicist is “both accurate and absurdly insufficient,” wrote film critic Michael Fox, in a … Keep Reading
Fiction: Gold
This is chapter two of a serialized tale of politics, capitalism, and corruption in San Francisco. Look for the next fiction installment … Keep Reading
Library News
Please note that all San Francisco Public Library branches will be closed Monday, September 7 in observance of Labor Day. Programs for … Keep Reading
Missing Teacher Found Dead
A Downtown High School teacher who went missing in July in El Dorado County is dead, according to that County’s coroner’s office. … Keep Reading
View Celebrates 45 Years of Community News
The idea of starting a print newspaper today would be seen as quaint. The ease of communicating in the Internet age is … Keep Reading
Potrero1010 Complex to Start Leasing Units this Fall
With 453 residential units, a striking design and an acre of public space, Equity Residential (EQR) developers announced last month that they’ll … Keep Reading
Affordable Housing Advocates Question Giants’ Mission Rock Development
In late-June, the San Francisco Giants submitted more than 16,000 signatures from San Francisco voters to the Department of Elections to place … Keep Reading
Developers Focus on Southside Neighborhoods
An extraordinary amount of real estate development is occurring in the Southside neighborhoods, with nearly 5,000 units in the pipeline. These projects … Keep Reading
Coding Bootcamps Seen as a Way into the Techie Class
“I’m here because I’m thinking about a career change,” said a woman holding a plastic cup of wine. She and roughly 20 … Keep Reading
PonoMusic: Rediscovering Music in Potrero Hill
I leaned forward on the couch and waited for “Heart of Gold” to play over the sound system. As a lifelong Neil … Keep Reading
Vacant Mission Bay Lot to Become 20-Unit Apartment Building
A new residential building is planned for a vacant lot located directly across the street from the University of California, San Francisco … Keep Reading
Fiction: Gold
This is chapter one of a serialized tale of politics, capitalism, and corruption in San Francisco. Look for the next fiction installment … Keep Reading
SF Cheese Fest Coming to Dogpatch
SF Cheese Fest, a fundraiser for the California Artisan Cheese Guild, will take place on September 19 at Dogpatch WineWorks. Billed as … Keep Reading
Drought Impacts
I was on my knees at the back fence of my Vermont Street home, in the dirt among mosquitoes and dog-doo, sucking … Keep Reading
Community Calendar August 2015
August 1st – Film/Culture: Well-known Taiwanese film director Mei-Juin Chen will screen her movie about the life and times of Li XiangLan, … Keep Reading
Publisher’s View: Jump Ball
Tussles over land use changes are nothing new in San Francisco. Protests erupt over removing a diseased street tree, or building a … Keep Reading
Foot Beat Officers Aim to Improve Hill’s Quality of Life
Four foot beat officers, dispatched from the San Francisco Police Department’s Bayview Station, are working to improve the quality life in Potrero … Keep Reading
Film Review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, which opens in Los Angeles and New York on August 7, is about sex. More specifically, … Keep Reading
Get A Job
The View asked career expert Mauri Schwartz to answer questions from job seekers. Submit yours to editor@potreroview.net. Q: There’s lots of advice … Keep Reading
Letters to the Editor August 2015
Editor, I enjoyed reading Steven Moss’ column in the June issue (“Jews”). A lot of history was covered in that one column. … Keep Reading